For the last class period in my Interpersonal Relations class, students can bring in food to share. I came upon the brilliant idea to bring in bunches of bananas. They are good for you, already prepared and neatly wrapped for individual consumption.I over-estimated the amount that would be consumed so I had quite a few left over. I decided to personally randomly distribute them among my co-workers. I decided not to give anyone an explanation, but just offer them.
There were many looks of confusion about why I was passing out bananas and why I was offering it to them. Most of them took a banana and thanked me.
The lack of explanation caused a level of suspicion but I think there was an acceptance of the gift on the quality of my character. They may have realized that I wouldn't intentionally hurt them. But you could see them attempting to understand what had just gone on.
Very few asked me why I was giving them out, but I think that all enjoyed the banana.
One of my co-workers blogged about being on the other side of the random act. I thought it would be fun to link that blog to this.
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